Menjalani operasi mata LASIK vs. tetap menggunakan kacamata atau lensa kontak
Jika Anda bertindak
Menjalani LASIK
4,0%
Jika Anda tidak bertindak
Tetap menggunakan kacamata atau lensa kontak
25%
Persentase orang yang kemudian menyesali setiap pilihan. Diagram batang dan catatan lengkap ditampilkan di bawah.
Kesehatan
Terakhir ditinjau 2026-05-10
Kualitas bukti 4.13/5
Skor tinjauan delapan dimensi terhadap
rubrik kualitas
. Setiap dimensi dinilai 1–5.
D1 Verifikasi sumber
4/5
D2 Otoritas & independensi sumber
5/5
D3 Akurasi tingkat penyesalan
2/5
D4 Keterbandingan sumber
3/5
D5 Pola Gilovich
5/5
D6 Kualitas prosa
5/5
D7 Kelengkapan peringatan
5/5
D8 Kualitas sampel
4/5
Rata-rata4.13/5
Data proksi — tidak ada survei penyesalan langsung untuk keputusan ini. Tingkat diturunkan dari skor kepuasan dan data hambatan akses daripada pertanyaan yang langsung menanyakan tentang penyesalan. Lihat peringatan di bawah.
Penyesalan atas tindakan
Menjalani LASIK
4,0%
1–4% tidak puas dengan penglihatan atau operasi (studi PROWL)
Pasien LASIK, studi observasional prospektif yang berkolaborasi dengan FDA
6 bulan pasca-prosedur
Penyesalan atas kelambanan
Tetap menggunakan kacamata atau lensa kontak
25%
tidak ada survei penyesalan langsung — proksi: 40% pemakai lensa korektif mengatakan mereka akan mempertimbangkan LASIK 'pada suatu saat' (niat berorientasi-ke-depan, bukan penyesalan terukur)
Orang dewasa AS yang memakai lensa korektif, survei Gallup
lintas-bagian, 2000
% menyesal dengan pilihan ini
Menjalani LASIKTetap menggunakan kacamata atau lensa kontak
4,0%25%
inaction dominates — Tidak bertindak mendominasi — sebagian besar menyesali karena tidak bertindak.
Keputusan terkait
Keputusan yang serupa secara semantik — area yang sama, kompromi yang berbeda.
The FDA-supported LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project (PROWL studies, n=574) found that dissatisfaction with vision after LASIK ranged from 1% to 4% across two prospective cohorts; dissatisfaction with the surgery itself was 1—2%. These are the highest-quality outcome data available, conducted under joint FDA/NIH/DoD oversight. A smaller cohort study (n=200) found 98.5% satisfied or very satisfied. Self-selected patient review data from RealSelf (446 reviews, 2007—2022) placed the “not worth it” rate at 12.6% — substantially higher, consistent with the well-documented negativity bias in voluntary online reviews. The 4% PROWL upper bound is used as the action regret estimate; 12.6% is a plausible ceiling.
On the inaction side, no published survey directly asks glasses or contact lens wearers whether they regret not having LASIK. The closest proxy is a Gallup survey (n=1,050, 2000) finding that 40% of corrective-lens wearers would consider laser eye surgery at some point — with roughly 11% expressing intent within the next year or two. A longitudinal comparison study (n=1,800 over 3 years) found that contact lens wearer strong satisfaction declined from 63% at baseline to 54% by year 3, while 88% of former contact wearers who switched to LASIK remained strongly satisfied at year 3. We use 25% as a conservative inaction proxy, adjusting down from the 40% consideration rate to reflect the gap between consideration intent and genuine retrospective regret.
The pattern is consistent with Gilovich and Medvec’s inaction-dominates finding: the people who never got LASIK — whether due to cost, fear of complications, or inertia — sustain a persistent open counterfactual, while those who proceeded overwhelmingly report the outcome as positive. The main reason the action rate stays low is rigorous candidate screening: patients with thin corneas, severe dry eye, or high prescriptions outside the safe treatment range are excluded. The failures — chronic dry eye, corneal ectasia, halos and glare — are real but relatively uncommon among properly screened candidates, and they account for most of the action regret in the data. The inaction side has no such natural screening; any corrective-lens wearer who “always meant to get it” qualifies.
Sumber: tindakan
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2/3 sumber diverifikasi secara independen kata demi kata terhadap sumber terkutip
[1]JAMA Ophthalmology — Symptoms and Satisfaction of Patients in the Patient-Reported Outcomes With Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (PROWL) Studies
Terverifikasi
Telaah sejawat
Dissatisfaction with vision 1–4%; dissatisfaction with surgery 1–2%; most participants satisfied
Kutipan
“"While most participants were satisfied, the rates of dissatisfaction with vision ranged from 1% (95% CI, 0%-4%) to 4% (95% CI, 2%-7%), and the rates of dissatisfaction with surgery ranged from 1% (95% CI, 0%-4%) to 2% (95% CI, 1%-5%)."
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Data sumber dari
2017-01-19
Diakses
2026-05-10
Verifikasi
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Perhitungan
PROWL-1 (n=262, military, single center) and PROWL-2 (n=312, civilians, 5 centers) -- prospective observational studies September 2011 to June 2014, conducted under FDA/NIH/DoD collaboration (the LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project). Dissatisfaction with vision in PROWL-2 reached 4% (95% CI 2--7%). We use 4% as the action-side regret rate, taking the upper end of the PROWL range as the more conservative public-health estimate. The PROWL studies are the gold-standard FDA-supported dataset; they do not use the word "regret" but measure dissatisfaction with both outcome and procedure -- the closest available proxy.
[2]Journal of Ophthalmology (PMC) — Functional Outcome and Patient Satisfaction after Laser In Situ Keratomileusis for Correction of Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism
Terverifikasi
↗ 1 other entry
Telaah sejawat
98.5% of patients satisfied or very satisfied; 98.5% considered main goal achieved; n=200
Kutipan
“"A total of 98.5% of patients was satisfied or very satisfied with their surgery. 98.5% considered their main goal for surgery was achieved. 97.5% would advise friends to do the LASIK treatment."
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Data sumber dari
2015-01-19
Diakses
2026-05-10
Verifikasi
Kutipan diambil ulang secara independen dan dikonfirmasi kata demi kata terhadap sumber terkutip selama audit pendasaran kami.
Perhitungan
Prospective cohort study, n=200 LASIK patients for myopia and myopic astigmatism. The 1.5% dissatisfied rate corroborates the PROWL floor. Used as secondary corroboration. The 4% figure from PROWL-2 is preferred as the action-rate anchor because PROWL used a broader multi-center design and FDA oversight.
[3]Ophthalmology and Therapy (Dove Press / PMC) — Patient-Reported LASIK Outcomes on RealSelf: a Social Media Review Platform
Telaah sejawat
“"Of 446 reviews with explicit satisfaction ratings, 78.0% (348 reviews) rated LASIK as 'worth it', 12.6% (56 reviews) as 'not worth it', and 9.4% (42 reviews) as 'not sure'."
”
Data sumber dari
2025-06-01
Diakses
2026-05-10
Perhitungan
Retrospective analysis of 523 LASIK reviews posted to RealSelf 2007--2022. The 12.6% "not worth it" rate substantially exceeds the PROWL clinical dissatisfaction figures, consistent with self-selection: people who had negative outcomes are more motivated to post public reviews than those who are satisfied. Not used as the primary rate; included to acknowledge the ceiling of dissatisfaction in self-selected patient-reported data. The PROWL 4% is preferred as the primary action rate because it comes from a prospectively enrolled, FDA-supervised cohort with mandatory follow-up.
Independensi
RealSelf is a patient review platform with financial relationships with cosmetic procedure providers. The study analyzed reviews rather than enrolling patients; severe self-selection bias applies.
Sumber: tidak bertindak
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1/2 sumber diverifikasi secara independen kata demi kata terhadap sumber terkutip
[1]Gallup — Forty Percent of Americans Who Use Glasses Would Consider Laser Eye Surgery
Terverifikasi
Sumber referensi
40% of US glasses/contacts wearers would consider laser eye surgery; ~10-11% said within the next 1-2 years
Kutipan
“"Over four out of ten Americans who wear glasses or contacts would consider having laser eye surgery to correct their vision problems at some point in the future. About 10 percent of current glasses or contact wearers are considering it within the next year or two."
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Data sumber dari
2000-02-15
Diakses
2026-05-10
Verifikasi
Kutipan diambil ulang secara independen dan dikonfirmasi kata demi kata terhadap sumber terkutip selama audit pendasaran kami.
Perhitungan
Gallup survey of 1,050 US adults, February 14--15, 2000. The verified finding is that "over four out of ten Americans who wear glasses or contacts would consider having laser eye surgery ... at some point in the future," with about 10-11% considering it within the next year or two. This is a FORWARD-LOOKING ASPIRATION (would-consider intent), not a retrospective measure of regret about not having had LASIK -- the Gallup poll does not ask any regret question. No published survey directly asks corrective-lens wearers whether they regret not having LASIK; that direct-regret figure does not exist. The 0.25 stored on this side is therefore an aspiration-derived PLACEHOLDER, decoupled from any claim of measured inaction-regret: it is a conservative downward adjustment from the 40% "would consider" intent figure, kept only because the schema requires a numeric rate on each side. The regret_display states this explicitly. This survey is from 2000 and predates modern wavefront/topography-guided LASIK, so current intent among glasses/contacts wearers may differ.
[2]Ophthalmology — Three-Year Longitudinal Survey Comparing Visual Satisfaction with LASIK and Contact Lenses
Telaah sejawat
Contact lens wearer strong satisfaction declined from 63% to 54% over 3 years; 88% of former contact wearers who switched to LASIK strongly satisfied at year 3
Kutipan
“"[Paraphrase from abstract -- full text paywalled] The proportion of contact lens control participants expressing strong satisfaction with their correction method decreased from 63% at baseline to 54% at year 3. Among former contact lens wearers who received LASIK, 88% were strongly satisfied at year 3."
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Data sumber dari
2016-07-01
Diakses
2026-05-10
Perhitungan
Multicenter prospective longitudinal study, n=1,800 across 20 US sites (3 groups: continued contacts, switched from contacts to LASIK, switched from glasses to LASIK). The declining satisfaction trend in the contact lens group (63% to 54%) compared to the high retained satisfaction in the LASIK group (88% at 3 years) supports the directional inference that non-surgery carries a latent dissatisfaction cost over time. This is not a regret measure -- it is a comparative satisfaction trajectory -- but it corroborates the inaction-proxy estimate.
Catatan
Ukuran tindakan dan kelambanan tidak sepadan secara metodologis. Angka penyesalan-tindakan 4% diambil dari studi PROWL (diawasi FDA, n=574, terdaftar secara prospektif), yang mengukur ketidakpuasan pada 6 bulan -- bukan penyesalan langsung. Hasil jangka panjang (ektasia kornea, mata kering progresif, regresi yang memerlukan perawatan ulang) dapat menggeser tingkat tindakan ke atas pada tindak lanjut yang lebih lama; PROWL tidak menindaklanjuti pasien melampaui 6 bulan untuk ukuran kepuasan. Data ulasan RealSelf yang dipilih sendiri (12,6% "tidak sepadan") memberikan batas atas dunia-nyata tetapi tunduk pada bias negativitas yang substansial. Tingkat kelambanan (25%) adalah proksi yang dikonstruksi dari survei pertimbangan Gallup (2000, n=1.050) dan studi perbandingan kepuasan longitudinal -- tidak satu pun merupakan ukuran penyesalan langsung. Niat pertimbangan (40%) disesuaikan turun menjadi 25% untuk mencerminkan kesenjangan antara "akan mempertimbangkan" dan "menyesal tidak melakukannya". Tidak ada survei yang diterbitkan yang secara langsung menanyakan pemakai kacamata atau lensa kontak apakah mereka menyesal tidak menjalani LASIK; tanpa data semacam itu, tingkat kelambanan mengusung ketidakpastian yang substansial. Survei Gallup mendahului teknik LASIK modern (wavefront-guided, topography-guided) yang telah lebih jauh meningkatkan hasil -- tingkat pertimbangan saat ini di kalangan pemakai kacamata/kontak mungkin berbeda. Pola kelambanan-mendominasi secara luas konsisten dengan literatur kepuasan (sebagian besar yang menjalani LASIK puas; banyak yang tidak melanjutkan memakai lensa korektif dengan kepuasan menurun dari waktu ke waktu), tetapi selisih estimasi 21 poin bersifat aproksimasi alih-alih diturunkan secara empiris.
